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The long shadow : family background, disadvantaged urban youth, and the transition to adulthood /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alexander, Karl L.
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Other Authors: Entwisle, Doris R., Olson, Linda Steffel
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2014]
Series:Rose series in sociology.
Subjects:
Youth with social disabilities > Maryland > Baltimore.
Youth with social disabilities > Education > Maryland > Baltimore.
Poor youth > Maryland > Baltimore > Social conditions.
Poor families > Social aspects > Maryland > Baltimore.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Poor youth > Social conditions.
Youth with social disabilities.
Youth with social disabilities > Education.
Maryland > Baltimore.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The long shadow and urban disadvantage
  • The Baltimore backdrop
  • Family disadvantage
  • Neighborhood and school
  • Transitioning to adulthood
  • Socioeconomic destinations
  • Origins to destinations across generations
  • Stratification by race and gender
  • Life-course perspective of urban disadvantage.